Official Number: 142326
Laid down:
Builder: Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Deptford Yard, Sunderland
Pennant No: Y7.168 (WW1)
Launched: 14 November 1917
Into Service: 1939
Out of service: 1945
Fate: 1953 broken up
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of a group of additional ships requisitioned by the Admiralty for service to augment the ships of the RFA during WW1 and WW2 during the later in which she served as an escort oiler
Career Data:
14 November 1917 launched by Sir James Laing & Sons Ltd., Deptford Yard, Sunderland as Yard Nr: 663 named MELINE for H E Moss & Co., Liverpool (as Nominees)
March 1918 completed
1920 owners now A/S Tanktransport (Thorvald Berg, Manager) Tonsberg – name unchanged
WW2 fitted as and served as an Escort Oiler – name unchanged
22 September 1941 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX151 to Liverpool arriving 7 October 1941 with a cargo of diesol
23 March 1942 sailed Liverpool in escorted convoy ON79 to Halifax arriving 7 April 1942
14 April 1942 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX185 to Liverpool arriving 27 April 1942
21 July 1942 sailed from Boston in escorted convoy BX31B to Sydney, CB
16 August 1942 sailed Halifax in escorted convoy HX203 to Liverpool arriving 28 August 1942
28 August 1942 sailed Belfast Lough in unescorted convoy BB214 to Milford Haven arriving the next day
11 September 1942 sailed Liverpool in escorted convoy ON129 to Halifax arriving 25 September 1942
4 October 1942 sailed Guantanamo in unescorted convoy GAT11 to Trinidad arriving 9 October 1942
23 October 1942 sailed Guantanamo in unescorted convoy GN14 to New York arriving 30 October 1942
5 October 1943 sailed Hampton Roads in escorted convoy UGS20 for Port Said but detached to Oran. During this convoy acted as an Escort Oiler
1951 purchased by Interocean Transport Corp., Monrovia and renamed Fantis A
1952 purchased by Transocean Oil Corp., Monrovia and renamed Theotokos
12 May 1953 arrived Troon for demolition by West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co Ltd.